The Kentucky Wildcats got their butts kicked on Tuesday night against the Michigan State Spartans on both ends of the floor. As a result, tension and pressure were high. It rose to the point where UK players started “barking at each other” during a timeout. But who’s to blame?

That depends on whom you ask. The Spartans’ head coach, Tom Izzo, noted that his team’s hot shooting night was far from the norm. He said that Michigan State doesn’t normally shoot the ball as well as it did after the Spartans erupted for 11 made threes and 50% shooting overall. He also defended Kentucky, adding, “They aren’t that bad, they normally shoot the ball better,” expecting positive regression from the Wildcats.

But if you ask Kentucky coach Mark Pope, he delivered a blunt self-assessment. “We’re disappointed and discouraged and completely discombobulated right now,” he said, as the Wildcats struggled without injured starters and shot just 35.1% from the field. Michigan State’s 18–2 first-half run and Jaxon Kohler’s 20 points sealed Kentucky’s fate early.